Daniel Quintero, the mayor of Medellín, is using an unconventional approach to tackle covid-19 with excellent results
, the mayor of Medellín, has had an unusual career. He sold bonsai trees and home-made desserts on the streets to pay university fees, became an engineer and was vice-minister of information and technology in an earlier Colombian government. That biography may help explain his unconventional approach to covid-19. He began to prepare Colombia’s second-largest city in late January. Many Colombians called him paranoid.
When they register, people are asked whether they have symptoms of covid-19 or conditions that would make it harder to treat. They can update the information on a hotline. The city maps the data to identify outbreaks and predict them. Health Promotion Units —mainly private firms that provide health insurance to most Colombians—send teams to test neighbours of covid-19 patients. Officials make sure patients and people exposed to them stay at home.
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